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Show ALLIED POMS FIRMLY UNITED TO PUSH WAHj ' ! Imports to Be Restricted to1 Release Tonnage for the Carrying of American . Troops to Europe. COMMITTEE WILL HANDLE PROBLEM United States to Be Represented, Rep-resented, Details Having Been Arranged at the Paris Conference. LONDON, Dec. 5. on'hle-ration ot tho. question ot; man power tor the prosecution prose-cution of the. war wan one of the important im-portant mutters tukr.n up by the inter-all inter-all id 1 conference in Tar lb, it became Uno-Hii today, when the official summary sum-mary of t ho results of the conference wag made public. n the permanent committee which will handle this problem, the United States will be represented, it having been decided by the conference that the United States should appoint delegates to participate in the deliberations of the committee. The conference decided to create an international organization to co-ordinate the utilization of transport facilities. facili-ties. In this Tray, without hampering the employment of the variouj nations' resources, it is planned for them to restrict re-strict their imports to permit as much tonnngn ns possible to bo reloasod for the carrying of American troops. . Unity of Action. The conference provided for an interallied inter-allied committee to carry out the decisions de-cisions of the body with regard to unity of action in the production of war manufactures, manu-factures, stH'ti as armaments and air-1 planes, by way of avoiding duplications and for specialization by tho various nations in the branches of production for which they are best fitted. I The statement issued by tho interallied inter-allied conference in Paris is as follows: Tho various committees constituted consti-tuted by the inter-allied conference dealt, as a whole, with the technical techni-cal question of tho conduct of the war, the details of which can not be published. However, at the conclusion conclu-sion of their deliberations tho committee com-mittee decided to publish the following fol-lowing resolutions: ''The financial section, meeting under the presidency of Louis Kloti: (French minister of finance"), h.-ld numerous sittings, in the course of which the various financial questions ques-tions interesting to the allies were successively examined. At the end of its labors this section unanimously unanimous-ly adopted the following resolutions: "The delegates of the allied powers pow-ers in the financial section consider it desirable, with a view to eo-ordi-uat in Li their efforts to meet regularly regu-larly in order to draw plans for the payment of liabilities and the settlement set-tlement of loans and rates of exchange ex-change and thus assure concerted action. Ought to Be Permanent. Oscar T. Crosby (assistant secre-tarv secre-tarv of the trcasurv of the United States') and M. Klotz told the sec-. sec-. tion that, in their opinion, this regular regu-lar meeting ought to be a permanent organisation. Other resolutions were adopted to the effect that although al-though the dispositions manifested by all the delegates evideuced sn- " timeuts of the financial solidarity of the allies, this solidarity ought to be affirmed in practice bv the methodical me-thodical co-ordination of efforts which alone should determine the judicious utilization of the resources of the allies and the best distribution distribu-tion of their strength. Armament and aviation section: The representatives of the allied nations examined the condition of their various war manufactures and considered practical means of avoid ing duplicat but, and dire-ding the cl'Utrt rf each nation to t.he production produc-tion of th: things for which it was ho -it fitted. An inter-allid committee commit-tee wns formed for cii'rying out the common program rue and decisions were arrived at. ! Common Programme. j Sections of imports, man rime transport and supplier: The allies, considering that the means jf maritime mari-time transport at thei r disposal as well as the supplies at: their command com-mand oulit to lie ut i! :."'(( in common com-mon for the conduct of the war, decided de-cided to create an inter-allied organization or-ganization with a view to e u -or dinar di-nar i rig action in this di red ion to est ahli dii ng the rummon pro-gramme, pro-gramme, constantly kent in mind and enabling tii.-m, while utilizing their resources to the full, to restrict their imports in order to release as much ton nage as possible for the transport of American troops. Klockade section: The blockade section examined, in the first, place, t Ik com volitions of the all is with Switzerland regarding the questions of blockade. The draft of an arrangement ar-rangement bo twee. 11 the United States and Switzerland was approved, ap-proved, and the"- United States will appoint delegates to tekc part in the deliberations of the permanent international appointments committee, commit-tee, ns well as those of the interallied inter-allied commission at Heine. The section riecidud to make the dispositions necessary to enable the comrn ission in regard t o the food supply in Belgium and northern I'Vance to accomplish i f h programme as to provisions ami transport. The section submitted to the conference. a. declaration to the effect that the prolongation of tho war having led to the consumpt ion of products of all sorts out of proportion to production, pro-duction, it was evident that the a va iluble resources, whether in allied al-lied or neutral countrios, were unequal un-equal to actual needs, and that it would be necessary to extend the general principles laid down by the A meriean government. Naval Section. Naval section: A conference w-as held at the ministry of marine, Paris. November 29. M. Leygues, minister of marine, presided. The conference comprised representatives representa-tives of the naval powers. It was decided to create an inter allied council in order to assure close contact con-tact and more complete co-operation between the navins 0f the allies. The mission of the council will he to watch over the general conduct of the war and assure co-ordination of effort on the sea. The council will make all suggestions necessary to assist the decisions of tho governments, gov-ernments, and will hold itself cognizant cog-nizant of their execution. Tho members mem-bers of the council will address to their respective governments all reports re-ports they deem necessary on the subject. The individual responsibilities of the headcpiarter staff and the commanders com-manders at sea to their governments govern-ments concerning immediate operations, opera-tions, .as well as the employment of strategical and tactual forces placed under their command, will remain without change. The council coun-cil will be composed of the ministers minis-ters of marine of the nations represented; repre-sented; and the admiralty chiefs. As the meetings of the council will be held in Europe, the United States and Japan will be represented by officers appointed by their respective respec-tive governments. The inter-allied naval council will be provided with a special secretarial, secre-tarial, which will take charge of all documents, etc., and will meet as -often as desirable under the presidency presi-dency of the ministry of marine of the country where the meetings take place. The different ministers of marine will be willing to furnish the council with every information of a nature that would require to be submitted to and examined by the financial section. |